Hours after President Barack Obama pushed for an international agreement to combat climate change, CNN reported that the GOP-led House of Representatives had voted to block that effort and demonstrate the President didn't have support in his own country. The House passed a pair of resolutions, largely along party lines, that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from implementing rules the administration released earlier this year to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Both measures, already approved by the Senate in October, now go to the White House, which has already vowed to veto them. Democrats maintain Republicans don't have the vote to override any veto so they denounced the debate as a waste of time.
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